Set of 5 with Views of Madurai and Hunting Scenes

a) Madurai
Albumen print mounted on board
7.5 x 6.5 in (19.05 x 16.51 cm)

b) Pagoda at Gingee, South India
Albumen print mounted on board
8 x 5.5. in (20.32 x 13.97 cm)

c) Two Hunters Shooting atop a Hill
Albumen print mounted on board
8 x 5.25 in (20.32 x 13.34 cm)

d) Hunters Posing after Shooting an Elephant
Albumen print mounted on board
9 x 7 in (22.86 x 17.78 cm)

e) Upper Cascade and Ford at Palanki
Albumen print mounted on board
6 x 8.25 in (15.5 x 21 cm)

(Set of five)

14 x 12 in (35.5 x 30.5 cm) (each) (with mount)

W W Hooper was a Colonel in the 7th Madras Cavalry in 1858 and a keen amateur photographer, Hooper was seconded from his military duties in order to photograph a series of ethnographical images in the Central Provinces of India. Produced in 8 volumes by subscription between 1868 - 1875, 'The People of India' contained much of Hooper’s work and that of many other photographers. His photo-montage work illustrating tiger hunting was produced ca. 1872 and Hooper photographed the victims of the Madras Famine in c1878. Heading the Burma Expeditionary Force as Provost Marshal he photographed the campaign and his album 'a Series of One Hundred Photographs' was published in 1887.

NON-EXPORTABLE

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